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All posts tagged "Expressions Dance Company"
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1.6KInterviewsNatalie Weir: Passion, process and trust in more than 30 years of choreography
Natalie Weir is perhaps one of Australia’s most lauded choreographers. In demand with companies both domestically and internationally, this Queenslander has created works of...
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1.1KDancer HealthBeyond Stretching, Part 1: Sustaining peak performance
Over the next six issues, Dance Informa will be collaborating with Zac Jones, director of Heal Yourself and Move, on a series...
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2.2KFeaturedAustralasian Dance Collective welcomes Tyrel Dulvarie
Tyrel Dulvarie is joining Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) as a company artist. Dulvarie comes to ADC from Bangarra Dance Theatre, where he won the 2019 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male...
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1.4KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet returns in 2021 with a triple bill
Perth’s own world-class ballet company, West Australian Ballet, returns in 2021 with its highly anticipated summer triple-bill, As One: Ballet at the Quarry,...
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2.8KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet’s Season 2021: A year of opportunity
While many arts companies in Australia and around the world are yet to return to the stage, West Australian Ballet will continue...
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1.9KFeaturedDance leaders in a pandemic: Like nobody told us how
What if the virus is a blessing? An invitation? A crack that widens to allow a new way of being and making...
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2.5KDance Teacher ResourcesInvesting in digital delivery for the strength and conditioning of dancers
Dance and movement educator Zac Jones leads Heal Yourself and Move, a conditioning and strength training program which he teaches at a...
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2.2KFeaturedAs easy as one, two… Australasian Dance Collective’s ‘THREE’
She emerges from the rehearsal studio, where she is working with her company dancers on a re-stage of a short piece she...
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3.5KFeaturedRoyal Academy of Dance puts male dancers in the spotlight with Boys DANCE 20
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2020, with 100 events in 100 places globally. The first of...
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2.6KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – February 2020
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news this month! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) welcomes full time contemporary dance tutor...
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3.1KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company becomes Australian Dance Collective
After 35 years as Expressions Dance Company, the Brisbane-based ensemble will now be known as Australian Dance Collective. With collaboration and artistic excellence...
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2.8KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company and Beijing Dance/LDTX: Home and away
There are many ways to make work. One is to set up tight deadlines, create challenging parameters and break people out of...
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3.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsWho wins in Expressions Dance Company’s ‘The Dinner Party’?
Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. 15 June 2019. Greed. Power. Love, loyalty, desire and guilt. Expressions Dance Company (EDC)’s The Dinner Party is a reworked...
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3.9KFeaturedAmy Hollingsworth leads EDC through ‘The Dinner Party’
In January 2019, Amy Hollingsworth became artistic director of the Brisbane-based Expressions Dance Company (EDC). The UK Observer described Hollingsworth as one...
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2.9KFeaturedEDC’s Elise May on retirement and what comes next
After 10 years with the company, dancer Elise May is retiring from Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in Brisbane. She has had a...
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5.5KFeaturedMerge Dance Theatre provides contemporary dance experience to the youth
Under the guidance of specialised teachers, Queensland’s Merge Dance Theatre works with many industry professionals to bring contemporary dance to young aspiring...
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3.5KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company launches pilot Youth Ensemble
Expressions Dance Company (EDC), one of Queensland’s leading contemporary dance companies, has launched a pilot project to establish a Youth Ensemble with...
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3.2KFeaturedNatalie Weir to hand over the reins of Expressions Dance Company
Expressions Dance Company (EDC) Artistic Director Natalie Weir has decided to step down from the role after a successful decade leading the...
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4.7KDance AdviceSo dance doesn’t dance anymore?
There is a blackboard wall in a foyer at a specialist dance venue just north of the river in Melbourne, Australia, where...
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5.1KFeaturedKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Environmental movement
Yes, environment. No, not merely the reductionist narrative or narrow polemic of political theatre but the broader existential relationship we are all...
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6.8KFeaturedSpotlight on Expressions Dance Company’s Alana Sargent
Meet Alana Sargent. Sargent loves it when a dancer can make you “move in your seat while you are watching them”. She...
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6.6KDance AdviceDreaming of a dance career: How to make it happen
Becoming a professional dancer isn’t just about training hard. A dancer needs to be smart, confident and, let’s face it – lucky!...
